Sentences with phrase «taking upper middle class»

«There are districts with every risk factor in the world that are seeing results much more exciting than schools taking upper middle class kids and not screwing them up,» Carr told Education World.

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Take that funding away and the market settles back into something more closely aligned with the underlying reality — the one of high unemployment / underemployment, high oil prices, stagnant middle - and lower - class incomes, unprecedented wealth concentration in the upper class, demolished savers, under - investment in capital, and an ongoing transition to a low - wage service economy hard - pressed to service debt.

Never once taking into consideration that many of the upper - middle class white collar crowd sitting in your pews are some of the most despicable hypocrites you ever want to meet.

The paralyzing effect of affluence takes its toll on middle - and upper - class people.

So if you take a broad definition of «middle class» as the three middle classes (upper - middle don't think of themselves as rich, working don't think of themselves as poor), then you can appeal to about 88 % of the population.

While many Democrats are just coming to the realization that they need to hammer the economy in this mid-term election season, the veteran Brooklyn lawmaker, who took a pass in 2006 on running for governor and instead rose to become third - highest ranked senator in the upper house, has been talking about the need for his party to talk about endangered middle class for some time now.

While upper income earners could take the biggest hit, there would still be problems for the middle class.

The chatter of this strange assortment of upper - middle class Brits might work better in the theater, since the action takes place in real time set wholly in an extensively furnished London home (actually filmed in a West London studio), with the women doing most of the talk and much of the witty liftings.

The scenario takes shape in straightforward terms: Gearing up to take his teen son Troy (Austin Abrams) on a tour of East Coast colleges, Brad wrestles with whether his upper - middle - class Sacramento life with wife Melanie (Jenna Fischer) has reached its potential.

It could be because they are mostly cherry - picked group of citizens, middle - class to upper - middle - class, involved in sculpting, painting, dancing, yoga, reading, and taking long walks along the leafy roads in and about San Luis Obispo.

Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver Program: Special Presentations Headline: Annie Ha Noel's Take: Someday when cultural historians look back at this era of cinema and television, they'll wonder why we so obsessively documented the lives of upper - middle - class city - dwelling Americans between the ages of 22 and 28.

The slack pace takes the juice out of the point: Here are four privileged, pampered denizens of the upper middle class, three of them willing to offer any rationalization to protect their «good boys» from justice.

Death Wish This is a credible remake of the famous Charles Bronson thriller, taking into account the differences between today and 1974, and starring Bruce Willis as the mild - mannered, upper - middle - class man who becomes a vigilante when his wife and daughters become victims of violent crime.

It all takes place within the comfy - cozy environs of an upper - middle - class London that the vast majority of audience members couldn't even begin to afford.

She also insists that Amy take part in some absurdly upper - middle class «carolling» competition, in which she will have to dress in a Dickensian costume.

The story follows the triumphs and travails of young Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw), a Peruvian bear who arrives in England and is quickly taken in, but only as a temporary stopgap, by an upper - middle - class family.

Language: Italian Genre: Crime / Drama MPAA rating: NR Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Actors: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari Plot: A group of upper middle class Italians takes a boating trip, stopping on an isolated island.

He was living what he calls the upper - middle class «post-college dream» in a loft in Brooklyn, N.Y., taking acting classes, making films — a life he loved.

This expedited leap is in sharp contrast to the new normal for upper - middle - class twenty - somethings, who are taking their time hitting the milestones that mark the road to maturity.

Yes, sacrificing the have - nots by taking more educational dollars from already struggling public school Districts and sending them to upper class / upper middle class families who want to send their children to private schools.

Such a program would include the middle class as well as the poor, but take some steps to reduce program costs by reducing subsidies for the upper class.

To diversify their campuses, these colleges eagerly seek out well - prepared minority students (not just minority students from the middle and upper - middle class who went to suburban or private schools, but urban minority students truly in need of a boost) and are willing to take dramatic steps to ensure their success on their campuses.

Born in Atchison, Kansas, to an upper - middle class family, she developed her love of flying after taking a 10 - minute flight at an airshow in Long Beach, CA.

The man plies a middle - or upper - middle - class trade, and the woman works part - time or takes care of the kids.

It isn't a popular subject because we tend to shelf those things that make us uncomfortable, but if you have been in the workforce for over 10 + years, take in, say, $ 100,000 a year but have a net worth of $ 30,000, I would be hesitant to call you «upper middle class» in spite of the official definition.

All of these things will likely have to be taken on step at a time, but they can be very important steps for making it into the upper middle class.

In other words, even upper middle class wage earners will now be able to take the credit, explained Ashcroft.

Wondering what it takes to go from middle class to upper class?

Taking his aesthetic inspiration from vintage movie posters and advertisements, Brannon's prints often feature banal items that hint at upper - middle - class notions of elegance — martini glasses, theater tickets, cigarettes, party invitations — rendered neatly and elegantly...

Taking his aesthetic inspiration from vintage movie posters and advertisements, Brannon's prints often feature banal items that hint at upper - middle - class notions of elegance — martini glasses, theater tickets, cigarettes, party invitations — rendered neatly and elegantly in retro 1950s colors.

The automobile had been invented and entered mass production in the early 1900s, but just as the internal combustion engine started to prevail over electric cars at that time and mass production took hold with Ford's Model T bringing some cars and trucks into upper middle class households and into use by businesses and farms, the Great Depression and World War II dramatically reduced private personal consumption, so for the two decades from about 1929 until the several years after World War II that it took to convert factories from war production to civilian peacetime production, the automobile industry's private sector sales were greatly suppressed, domestic civilian road and bridge construction came to a near halt during World War II as government funds were diverted to the war effort, and domestic oil consumption was likewise suppressed.